Re: [Frameworks] caffenol processing with 16mm

2012-01-06 Thread Christine Lucy Latimer
The suggestion to use sodium carbonate (washing soda) is a good one. It's MUCH more economical than vitamin C as an activator, blends faster with coffee and therefore produces cleaner results on your film. I've processed a great deal of film (motion and still) with caffeinol (my most recent

Re: [Frameworks] Where to buy Lomo Tank

2012-02-17 Thread Christine Lucy Latimer
Hi Sedi. Lomo tanks are difficult to find at antique markets/ photo stores with all of their necessary bits and pieces intact. I bought mine, with all the bits (except for the spiral loader) in its original box off of ebay. Right now I see two current ebay listings at fairly reasonable prices

Re: [Frameworks] books about Film and Perception

2012-02-21 Thread Christine Lucy Latimer
Take a look at Jonathan Crary's writing. He has a few books that refer to perception and early cinema (although his analysis is situated in a larger visual arts/ cultural context). I recommend *Techniques of the Observer *for what you're after*.* -- Forwarded message --

Re: [Frameworks] BASEMENT MEDIA FEST #3 (2012) CALL FOR ENTRIES

2012-02-22 Thread Christine Lucy Latimer
As someone who screened in the most recent Basement Media Festival, I fully endorse it and encourage everyone to continue submitting. I screened work in 28 film festivals all over world in 2011, from tiny grassroots events to well-established, well-funded festivals. Having run the gamut of

[Frameworks] Please take a moment to say thank-you

2012-03-29 Thread Christine Lucy Latimer
Hello all, Technicolor Toronto's film processing lab officially closed its doors today (on the heels of similar Technicolor lab closures in Vancouver and Hollywood in the past two years). Their dedicated processing and engineering staff, (most of whom were originally employed by Medallion PFA,

Re: [Frameworks] FrameWorks Digest, Vol 25, Issue 10

2012-06-10 Thread Christine Lucy Latimer
Meg, You can buy double 8 rolls of Kodak plus-x and Kodak ektachrome from LIFT here in Toronto: http://lift.ca/equipment/store I'm pretty sure that you can rent the film splitter from their equipment depot as well. I know for certain that Sebastjan at Niagara Custom Labs will process regular 8

Re: [Frameworks] [FrameWorks] Jorge Amaro

2012-08-28 Thread Christine Lucy Latimer
Jorge was 28. He had been working as a baker in Portugal in the tiny town of Lavre, and he loved film, especially experimental film. He had an incredible collection of artist moving image works, and was always keen to introduce them to others. Lavre didn't have a community of people who cared

Re: [Frameworks] Seeking recommendations for service on Beaulieu cameras

2012-10-26 Thread Christine Lucy Latimer
David, I just had my Beaulieu R16 repaired by Jean-Louis Seguin (Montreal), who did a great job. I know he's not in the States, but I thought it would be worth mentioning to you as a reliable option. Email me off-list for his contact info if you're interested! -Christine Lucy --

[Frameworks] Fuji discontinues production of motion picture stocks

2013-04-04 Thread Christine Lucy Latimer
http://www.fujifilm.com/news/n130402.html Very sad news. I will miss you Reala :( ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks

Re: [Frameworks] Fuji discontinues production of motion picture stocks

2013-04-05 Thread Christine Lucy Latimer
though whether Velvia is still being manufactured or whether Fuji just sells old stock. -F On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 12:28 PM, Phaeton Graph phaetongr...@yahoo.co.ukwrote: So is this the end for Velvia? :-| -- *From:* Christine Lucy Latimer christinelucylati

[Frameworks] A Rock and a Hard Place by Cliff Caines

2013-11-03 Thread Christine Lucy Latimer
Hi everyone! I just wanted to pass on this crowd-funding campaign for our friend in Toronto, experimental filmmaker and installation artist Cliff Caines. This is a worthy project, a document of a community of northern Canadians negotiating a multi-national open-pit gold mine takeover in their

Re: [Frameworks] films/videos using/made up of text

2013-11-16 Thread Christine Lucy Latimer
Primiti Too Taa by Ed Ackerman and Colin Morton...an entirely text-based piece :) -- Forwarded message -- From: Shelly Silver silver...@earthlink.net To: Experimental Film Discussion List frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com Cc: Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 12:42:24 -0500 Subject:

[Frameworks] NFL Films lab

2013-12-02 Thread Christine Lucy Latimer
Hello! I'm wondering if anyone in this group has had any experience getting colour neg processing done at the NFL Films lab in Mt. Laurel, NJ? Do they do good work/ have a reasonable turn around time/ reasonable prices, etc? Any info would be great! Thanks! -C.

Re: [Frameworks] exp film orgs suggestions

2014-03-12 Thread Christine Lucy Latimer
Also in Toronto: - CFMDC (Canadian Filmmakers' Distribution Centre - they have a huge collection of historic experimental film prints. It's lovely to take an afternoon with a stack of film cans and sit down in their screening room!) - Cinecycle (our local downtown screening space, owned by

Re: [Frameworks] Super 8 to 35mm Optical Blowup

2015-03-18 Thread Christine Lucy Latimer
Thought I'd mention that there just happens to be an all 35mm experimental film screening tonight in London, Ontario - http://www.lomaa.ca/lomaa-blog/altering-perceptions-march-18 Given the interesting dialogue around this, I'm glad to note that there are still (rare though they may be),

[Frameworks] Kodak demolishes its landmark factory in Rochester, New York

2015-07-21 Thread Christine Lucy Latimer
Building 53 finally went down on Saturday in Eastman Business Park. I know that the demolition plan was announced back in April. Still, watching the footage gives me chills:

[Frameworks] Kodak Goes Retro With New Super 8 Camera

2016-01-06 Thread Christine Lucy Latimer
Interesting article...but camera and processing seem pricey... http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2016/01/05/kodak-goes-retro-with-new-super-8-camera/ -C. ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com

Re: [Frameworks] Rephotographing 16mm

2016-07-12 Thread Christine Lucy Latimer
Hey Morgan, Optically printing is a possibility - you would have to run some tests (using various exposures and filter combinations) in order to determine what will work best in preventing overall detail loss in the image. Depending on where you are and your access to a lab, you could also just